Author Archives: Emmanuel Mair

Super Terminais have ordered four rubber-tyred gantry cranes for US$8m from Kalmar, due to begin use by July 2015. Marcello Di Gregorio, managing director of Super Terminais, said: “We chose the E-One2 RTG due to Kalmar’s advanced technology and design, lighter weight compared to other RTGs, and as an environmental solution that reduces CO2 emissions.” The RTGs include an all-electric ... Read More »

A new railway crane with an annual capacity of 90,000 loading units has begun full operations at logport III in Duisburg, Germany, completing the first stage of capacity expansion at the facility. A second identical crane is to follow by the end of this year to further expand capacity and guarantee that the site can accommodate increased demand and rail ... Read More »

A 10% rise in container volume at Cosco Pacific’s container terminals helped the Chinese state-owned group record an 18.9% increase in revenue. The performance of their 23 container terminals varied but 20 recorded year-on-year increases in throughput in the first half of the year. Some of the biggest increases came from Cosco’s non-Chinese terminals. Piraeus, Antwerp Gateway, COSCO-PSA and the ... Read More »

Container volumes at Gulftainer’s Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT), grew by 14% in the first half of 2014 compared to the equivalent period last year. Growth at SCT, owned by the Middle East’s largest private terminal operator, was driven by the robust trade route between the UAE and East Africa plus new projects and developments in Sharjah. The facility attracted over ... Read More »

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has inaugurated a new 595 m long berth at the Port of Hamburg’s Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). The €85.5m (US$112.7m) project at berth 5/6 includes five ZPMC 110-tonne tandem-lift gantry cranes, with an outreach across 24 container rows, allowing CTB to handle the latest generation of mega-ships of up to 18,000 teu capacity. Dr. ... Read More »

DP World has bought all of Euroports’ shares in Trilogiport (Liège container terminal), thus taking full responsibility for the development of the terminal, and consolidating its presence on the Albert Canal. The Dubai-based terminal operator is confident that, the planned Trilogiport container terminal at Liège Port, which is set to be completed in 2015, can become a key logistics hub ... Read More »

The Port of Gothenburg’s half year results revealed a fall in global container trade despite European freight volumes strengthening in the six months until the end of June. Container traffic decreased by 9% to 424,000 teu compared to 463,000 teu over the same period last year, with exports falling more than imports. Chief executive, Magnus Kårestedt remarked: “This could be ... Read More »